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Eat, pray, exercise: Monks battle weight problems
Gary Boyle, Published on 22/11/2018
» Followers have been giving monks foods loaded with sugar, fat and oil, contributing to a health crisis.
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Battered young novice dies
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 24/08/2018
» A nine-year-old boy ordained during his school break and then violently assaulted by a senior monk, his mentor, died on Thursday night after five days in a hospital intensive care unit in Kanchanaburi.
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Police chief seeks allies to collar ex-monk
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 13/06/2018
» National police chief Chakthip Chaijinda flew to France at the weekend to coordinate with Interpol at its headquarters to pressure Germany into extraditing former monk Phra Phrom Methee to Thailand, a highly placed police source said on Tuesday.
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Phra Phrom Methee seeking asylum in Germany
Gary Boyle, Published on 05/06/2018
» Fugitive former Phra Phrom Methee has made an application for asylum in Germany.
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Police add 3 accomplices to monk hunt
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 30/05/2018
» Police are hunting two Thais and one Lao national who are believed to have helped two senior monks flee as they were being sought in connection with the temple fund embezzlement scandal.
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Senior monks defrocked after raids
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 25/05/2018
» Six senior monks, including the well-known activist Phra Buddha Isara, have been defrocked after they were denied bail in court, resulting in them being sent to jail following their arrest on Thursday.
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Rogues in robes
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 04/12/2017
» The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) has launched a nationwide crackdown on 95 rogue monks. It is singling out those who indulge in sex, scams, transvestism and politics.
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Monk accused of child abuse
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 30/11/2017
» A senior monk in Phetchabun was arrested on Wednesday at his temple in Chon Daen district for alleged child indecency, according to the Crime Suppression Division (CSD).
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Ghostbusters sought to rescue "haunted" village
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 07/11/2017
» On Sunday, people from 370 households in a Kalasin village hired ghostbusters to catch ghosts they thought were responsible for several mysterious deaths.
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Southern Buddhist abbot leads the way to better relations with local Muslims
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 06/11/2017
» The abbot of a temple in Narathiwat along with locals donated money Sunday to fund the purchase of land used for Islamic religious purposes.
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